When they had gone a little farther, Greta wanted to sit down and rest.
"Can't you walk just a tiny bit more, Greta? On the other side of this little bay there is someone I want you to meet."
"Who, Anna?"
"She is called 'Den Lille Havfrue,'" said Anna.
"'Den Lille Havfrue,'" repeated Greta. "'The Little Ocean Lady.' I still don't understand, Anna. Who can this be?"
"Just keep on walking, and I'll show you," answered Anna in her most mysterious manner.
In a few minutes the girls had gone around the bay.
"Oh, Anna, how beautiful she is!" said the delighted Greta. Sitting on a rock at the edge of the water was the statue of a lovely mermaid—"the little ocean lady."
"She looks like a real live person," went on Greta, "except for her fish's tail instead of feet. Is there really such a person as a mermaid, Anna?"
